MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-29. RAAF PERSONNEL BESIDE A JAPANESE NAVAL ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands
Accession Number OG0917
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-29. RAAF PERSONNEL BESIDE A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN. LEFT TO RIGHT: PILOT OFFICER C. BURLEY OF SA; FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) T. BOEHM OF SA; FLT SGT W. MASTERTON OF SYDNEY, NSW. FLT SGT BOEHM AND FLT SGT MASTERTON ARE THE CREW OF A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF WHICH ESCORTED AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF DURING THE FLIGHT FROM KIRIWINA TO THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS.